NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. historian Jill Lepore about her new book, "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution." The writer Jill Lepore wrote a history of the United States called ...

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Respected documentarian Ken Burns' latest project is a PBS docuseries that explores the American Revolution in extreme detail ...

This xenophobic sentiment has resulted in a cycle of violence dating back to the 1800s. This term emerged in the 2020 pandemic and became normalized by pundits, politicians, and even the president, ...

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A People’s History of Sports in the United States By Dave Zirin The New Press; 268 pp. The Gist: In A People’s History of Sports in the United States Zirin sets out to deflate the misconception that ...

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The figures don't include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several ...